Fisher Communications, Inc. announced the appointment of Michael D. Wortsman to the company’s Board of Directors. Wortsman is the recently retired president of Univision Television Group.
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Gaspin named President & COO of Universal Television Group.
Jeff Gaspin has been named President and Chief Operating Officer, Universal Television Group. The announcement was made by Jeff Zucker, President and CEO, NBC Universal, to whom he will continue to report.
Gloria Estefan ’90 Millas’.
Produced by her husband, Emilio Estefan, the collection of newly recorded original Spanish language songs pays tribute to the roots of Cuban music while infusing a modern influence into the traditional rhythms.
The Search Wars are going Mobile.
The telecom and Internet industries are colliding head-on in competition for control of the consumer mobile search business.
81M people in U.S. watch broadband Video at Home or Work.
An estimated 81 million people, or 63% of the 129 million people who access the Internet over broadband in the U.S., watch broadband video at home or at work, according to new research conducted by The Nielsen Company for The Cable & Telecommunications Association for Marketing (CTAM). This number increased from 70 million in September 2006 to 81 million in March 2007, a jump of 16% in just six months.
SMS proves successful in Reaching Consumer Niche Markets.
With more than 230 million mobile phone subscribers in the U.S., many companies are finding success using SMS as a key vehicle in reaching specific target audiences to increase subscriptions and gain revenue. According to mBlox, the world’s largest mobile transaction network, SMS is increasingly being used to deliver messages and content to a variety of booming mobile niche market segments.
